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March 4, 12:07 am

UCLA men’s water polo recruit admits to sexual penetration of minor with foreign object

This post was updated April 21 at 4:45 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of alleged instances of sexual penetration against a minor. UCLA men’s water polo recruited a player who has admitted to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor, according to the Southern California News Group.  The 17-year-old athlete was arrested in February 2024 and admitted in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court in November to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor as a high school student at Harvard-Westlake School, according to an investigation by SCNG. Read more...

Photo: Spieker Aquatics Center, where the UCLA men’s water polo team plays, is pictured. (Jacqueline Jacobo/Daily Bruin)

Campus, Crime, Los Angeles, News

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February 23, 11:17 pm

LASD fails to be transparent about role in police response to encampment

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it sent two squads to back up police who cleared last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment – but only after an acting captain told the Daily Bruin it hadn’t participated at all. Read more...

Photo: A letter stating that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not send officers to the UCLA campus during last spring’s encampment is layered over a collage of photos showing LASD officers on campus. LASD did in fact send officers to campus to assist with protest policing, a senior officer said. (Photos by Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff and Zimo Li/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Lindsey Murto/Design director)

Crime, News, Westwood

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January 31, 6:57 pm

UCPD arrests 2 people for suspected mail theft from off-campus buildings

UCPD arrested two people in connection with the theft of mail from off-campus buildings Friday. The crime was reported around 4:30 a.m. Friday. Officers made contact with the suspects at the intersection of Midvale and Levering Avenue, according to an emailed statement from Jeffrey Chobanian, UCPD’s Acting Captain of the Administrative Bureau.  Officers recovered pepper spray and what they suspected to be methamphetamine from the suspects, along with multiple objects suspected to be burglary tools – including a hammer, crowbars, pliers, screwdrivers and keys – Chobanian said in the statement.  Mail had been stolen from University Apartments North among other buildings, he added The suspects were brought to Los Angeles County jail and face charges of burglary, mail theft, identity theft, misappropriation of lost property, possession of narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of burglary tools and possession of tear gas. Read more...

Photo: A UCPD car drives through Westwood. Early Friday morning UCPD arrested two people in connection with mail theft, burglary and other charges. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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